bigOz wrote:BOF wrote:starting in 2000, and as of January 2009 (latest figures i can find ) 8,600 rockets have been launched from Gaza resulting in 28 deaths in Israeli held palestine. while anydeaths are always regrettable it is hardly the thousands you claim.
read the article i posted - medical supplies are not being allowed in.
and Fishermen are being shot at .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAUzugKX1AE
you seem to post like your some kind of spokesperson, have you ever done any military service and where may i ask?
I am not sure if your reply was addressed to me or not (unspecific!). But let me elaborate on the figures a little more! during the 20 odd days of attacks on Gaza strip during 2009, I quote from the CBS news of the time:
"The PCHR said 894 of the dead were civilians, including 280 children and minors, age 17 and under, as well as 111 women. Of the remaining 390 dead, 167 were members of Hamas' civil police, many of them killed on the job during Israel's surprise attack on dozens of security compounds on the first day of the war.
The civilians not only included innocent bystanders, but also Hamas members killed in non-combat situations, such as Said Siam and Nizar Rayan, two top Hamas leaders assassinated, along with their relatives, in massive bombings of homes, said Ibtissam Zakout, head of the PCHR's research team.
The rest, or 223, were combatants, she said. That figure is higher than the 158 dead fighters acknowledged by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other militant groups."
As for Israeli losses during the same time:
"During the war, 13 Israelis were killed, including three civilians struck by rockets. The other 10 were soldiers."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/ ... 6224.shtml
I need not remind you that this refers to a 3 week period only in 2009! Your quote about rockets being fired from Gaza and subsequent 28 deaths in Israeli held Palestine(?) is a little confusing to say the least. But the pattern and the proportion of deaths above is typical of what has been going on for many years!
If your post was intended for me - yes! I was a sharpshooter in the army and served in Nicosia. Why I should come over as a spokesman for anyone puzzled me a bit! I assure you I speak from a wealth of knowledge and for myself only...
sharpshooter ? well sorry but you missed this time Oz as the tone of my other posts should leavyou in no doubt - it was aimed at paphitis the unofficial spoksmen for the free world - my arse... you nipped in with your post between us
